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=**The Fifth amendment says that:**= =**No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.**=

=**//What does that mean?//**= ===The fifth amendment means says a couple of different things one is that while the trial is going on the government can not take your liberty your life or your property. It also says that you do not have to answer any questions(testify against yourself) if you do not want to. The last thing it says is that if a person is found innocent they cannot be trailed again even if new evidence is found and it does show there guilty they still can not be trailed again!===

=Question and Answers=

__**Why is this a contriversal amendment?**__
==**4.** The people who want the amendment want it because they believe that they should get all of their rights and considering this is America they believed they should be free. Some people don't like the Amendment because in many cases people who were guilty were found innocent and they can't be trailed again! That is why it is a controversial Amendment.What was going on when this amendment was written?==

__**When and why was it created?**__
==**5.** The fifth amendment was adopted into the bill of rights on December 15, 1791 it is one of the first ten amendments they created the fifth amendment while the revolutionary war was going on and the Americans wanted there basic rights so they created the first ten amendments and in those ten amendments was amendment five.==

__**Who wanted the fifth amendment?**__
==**6**. Most Americans wanted there rights while the country was starting thats where the amendments came in. For an amendment to be passed 9 out of the 13 states had to agree and 11 out of the 13 states wanted it so it officially became an amendment.==

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**Cycle of double trial rule!!**
First you get arrested for a crime that had no witnesses. You have the right not to answer any questions if you choose.If you are found innocent but guilty you cannot be trialed once more to prove the fact!

KK's current event on OJ Simpson!!!! Info found on different sites on google.[|Look for yourself!]

In 1995, OJ's criminal trial happend because it was believed that he killed Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. He was found innocent. It all started on June 12th 1994 when the police found Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown's body. The police questioned OJ because he knew Nicole and had a mysterious slash on his hand. OJ claimed he had no idea where the cut came from. Finally OJ said that they cut was when he was reaching into his pocket he cut his hand. No one believed him so they brought him to trial. The current part of this was last year he had claimed that someone had took his belongings. OJ went to fetch his stuff with allies who had guns. Oj Simpson is waiting to go to trial as he waits in prison!

In my opinion OJ should be found guilty and stay in prison. He has got too many chances and shouldn't get anymore!!!! I do belive that he murdered Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. I think this because there are so many ways that the police and i can connect him to the case. For example, when he had a cut on his hand, it was the same kind of cut as the one Nicole and Ronald. Also last year he hired men with weapons to find his belongings. This was not the correct way to handle it. I think that this is very suspicious! OJ Simpson's case remains a mystery.

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=**__Suspects Arraigned in Dead-Man's-Check Case__**=

Two men were arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, January 10, 2008, on charges of criminal possession of a forged instrument and attempted larceny. These men took a Social Security check that belonged to a friend of their's who lived with them and had died. They pushed the dead man in a chair down the street to a check cashing store and attempted to cash the check. The employee at the store asked them where the person was whose name was on the check. They pointed outside to the dead man who was on the street propped up in a chair. The men are also being charged with "duty of burial" which is the failure to decently bury someone within a reasonable time after death.

My thoughts of this are that the men should be charged in this case, but they should go easy on them. The two men are 65 years old. Their only family is each other. Both men have health problems. Even though it wasn't the smartest thing to do, they probably didn't think it was a huge crime. Maybe they wanted to cash the check to help pay for a funeral. I do not think that they should go to jail.

=**Fifth Amendment Current Event**=

On march 9th 2007 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales fired 8 attorneys not nowing why they are fired. Now on march 2nd 2007 the atorneys are suing because they wish to know why they are fired they brought in another attorney that worked with them her name is Manica Goodfield she diceided not to answer any questions she said that it was part of her fifth amendment rights.She said "I have decided to follow my lawyer's advice and respectfully invoke my constitutional right." Many people say that he souldnt have fied the attorneys and he says that he is not sure if he wants to keep his job.

I think that is right what she did because if she does not want to get involved she doesnt have to I think thats the right thing to do. I myself think that that the Attorney General shouldnt have fired them for no apperent reason and that he should quit his job.



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